PARTS TRANSFER METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN INJECTION STRETCH BLOW MOLDING SYSTEM

摘要

The invention provides a method and apparatus for transferring parisons (26) from an injection-molding machine (10) to an blow-mold machine (32) on an indexed table (34). The injection-molding machine creates multiple groups (22) of parisons during an injection cycle. The groups from each cycle are transferred to the table and the blow-mold machine at the end of one interval and the beginning of a next interval so that the groups from a single injection-cycle are treated in a substantially like manner. The intervals may be of equal or unequal duration and total the length of an injection cycle.